Mobile Networks and Computing

by Rajasekaran, Sanguthevar; Pardalos, Panos M.; Hsu, D. Frank

• ISBN13: 9780821815472
• ISBN10: 0821815474
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Amer Mathematical Society
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Summary

Advances in the technologies of networking, wireless communications, and miniaturization of computers have lead to rapid development in mobile communication infrastructure and have engendered a new paradigm of computing. Users carrying portable devices can now move freely about while remaining connected to the network. This "portability" allows for access to information from anywhere and at any time. The flexibility has resulted in new levels of complexity not encountered previously in software and protocol design for wired networking. New challenges in designing software systems for mobile networks include location and mobility management, channel allocation, power conservation, and more. In this book, renowned researchers in the field address these aspects of mobile networking.

Table of Contents

Stochastic modeling of a single TCP/IP session over a random loss channel

Tracking of multi-level modulation formats for DS/CDMA systems in a slowly fading channel

An adaptive concurrency control protocol for mobile transactions

Supporting adaptive-QOS over multiple time scales in wireless networks

Using self-stabilization to design adaptive multicast protocols for mobile ad hoc networks

The design and performance of mobile TCP for wireless networks

Supporting transaction service handoff in mobile environments

How to combine a column and row generation method with a column or row elimination procedure-Application to a channel assignment problem

On mobility and agents

Multiplexed serial wireless connectivity for palmtop computers

A cluster-based checkpointing scheme for mobile computing on wide area network

A GRASP for frequency assignment in mobile radio networks

Multicriteria optimization for frequency assignment

Randomized initialization protocols for packet radio networks

Energy-conserving software design for mobile computers

Software implementation strategies for power-conscious systems

Impact of unidirectional links in wireless ad-hoc networks

On frequency assignment in cellular networks

An agent-based architecture for securing mobile IP

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